Robert Pietzcker joined the PIK Research Domain “Sustainable Solutions” as PhD student after working as a short-term consultant with McKinsey & Company. Previously, he studied physics at University of Freiburg as well as McGill University in Montreal, Canada, before graduating with a Diploma from University of Jena.

R.C. Pietzcker (2014): "Achieving stringent climate targets: An analysis of the role of transport and variable renewable energies using energy-economy-climate models". PhD Thesis. (PDF at university repository from TU Berlin)